Area 1,140 m (12,300 sq ft) Built by Victor A. Auffant | Built 1933 | |
Architect Rafael Nones (designer);René Esteves (engineer) | ||
The Puente Río Portugués is a historic bridge over the Río Portugués in barrio Playa in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The bridge was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 6 January 2015. The bridge is prominent as "the oldest longitudinal steel beams / reinforced concrete bridge built within the historic Carretera Central.
The bridge is architecturally Art Deco style and structurally it is built as a longitudinal beam with the exterior made up of reinforced concrete, steel, and cast iron.
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Puente Río Portugués Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA